The Friday derailment roundup

Since early February, there have been at least five train derailments in North America carrying crude from North Dakota’s Bakken Shale. These accidents have sparked increased calls from citizens, the rail industry and lawmakers for the federal government to increase safety regulations.

To keep up with these incidents and new safety regulations, PublicSource provides a roundup of stories every Friday.

Nearly two years after 47 people died in a fiery crude oil train derailment in Quebec, federal regulators in the U.S. and Canada unveiled their final rule to improve the safety of crude-by-rail, according to Politico .

Fifty climate activists packed onto a tour bus near the Energy Innovation Center in Uptown on Saturday. “I’d like to see us go on a fun trip somewhere,” Perry Recker, a member of the Pittsburgh chapter of the Climate Reality Project, had heard someone say at one of their recent climate change meetings.